ISLAMABAD: The government and the outlawed Tehreek e Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) reached an agreement on Sunday, averting the possible bloodshed in the country. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, senior scholar of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat and former chairman of Ruet e Hilal Committee Mufti Muneeb ur Rehman announced that both the parties had reached … Read more
ISLAMABAD: The Institute of Policy Studies (IPS), Islamabad signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Inovatian-Asia (Private) Limited, a sister concern of international technology firm Inovatian Inc with offices in Canada, the UK, the US and Egypt, a statement said on Saturday. The Inovatian-Asia (Private) Limited was founded by renowned scientist and innovator Dr Hatim … Read more
KARACHI: The K-Electric Limited (KEL) and Pakistan LNG Limited (PLL) have signed a gas supply agreement for the supply of 150mmcfd re-gasified liquefied natural gas (RLNG) for K-Electric’s 900MW plant at Port Qasim (BQPS-III), a government official said. Once fully operational, the $650 million, 900MW plant will bolster Karachi’s power supply, as the project is … Read more
An agreement has been reached between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Pakistan which has paved the way for the release of a $500 million instalment to Pakistan. According to the IMF statement, Pakistan has assured of a structural reform program after which Pakistan’s debt program has been restored. The statement further said that the … Read more
An agreement was signed between Pakistan and Hungary to promote tax cooperation. According to the statement, the agreement is between Pakistan and Hungary to prevent double taxation and avoidance of income tax. [embedpost id=”50366″ slug=”trump-begins-process-of-u-s-withdrawal-from-world-health-organization”] Pakistan and Hungary have amended the Article of Information Exchange to bring administrative cooperation in tax matters up to date. … Read more
United States (US) special representative for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad on Monday hoped that agreement between US and Taliban will boost Pak-Afghan trade ties. He was addressing the international conference titled “40 years of Afghan Refugees Presence in Pakistan: A New Partnership for Solidarity” in Islamabad. He said Afghanistan is facing internal issues. The envoy said … Read more
Russian company Gazprom is set to initiate the achievability study in the first quarter of 2020 for laying down undersea pipeline which starts form Persian Gulf to Pakistan, India and Bangladesh. It will ultimately end to China after touching Myanmar and Thailand, a senior official of the Petroleum Division told. The pipeline will pass through … Read more
Randi Zuckerberg, CEO of Zuckerberg Media and sister of social media giant Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, described Pakistan as one of the friendliest countries during her address at AdAsia 2019 in Lahore. A video of Randi Zuckerberg singing during the AdAsia 2019 has also gone viral on internet. During her session, Zuckerberg was full of … Read more
Netflix announced on Monday that it had signed a lease agreement to run the last single-screen theater in New York City, the Paris Theatre. The 71-year-old art house closed earlier this year after the previous lease expired. The streaming giant reopened it earlier this month to give its acclaimed Noah Baumbach movie, “Marriage Story,” starring … Read more
Prime Minister Imran Khan on November 9 will inaugurate the historic Kartarpur Corridor, the first visa-free corridor between Pakistan and India. The inauguration will held three days before the 550th birth anniversary Baba Guru Nanak to be celebrated on Nov. 12. In a short span of one year, Pakistan has completed the construction, signed an … Read more
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan accused U.S.A. and Russia and said they failed to play their part of the agreement in which it was decided that the Kurdish group will leave the area which connects Turkey and Syria. Erdogan has informed that he will discuss this matter with U.S. President Donald Trump on his visit next … Read more
The date for signing the agreement between Pakistan and India has been agreed upon to open the Kartarpur Corridor on the 550th birthday of the Sikhism Founder, Baba Guru Nanak. The unanimous agreement between Pakistan and India is likely to be signed on Thursday, October 24, 2019, sources said. India had suggested October 23 the … Read more
The United States special envoy to Afghanistan has shown the Afghan president the draft of an agreement between the US and the Taliban after almost a year of negotiations with the group, Afghan officials said. The president’s spokesman, told on Monday that the US envoy Zalmay Khalilzad shared “key details” of the US-Taliban draft agreement … Read more
The United States and Afghan Taliban group resumed their eighth round of talks in the Qatari capital of Doha here on Sunday, hoping to halt 18 years of fighting. According to a Taliban source, efforts were under way to organize a direct meeting between the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad and Mullah Baradar, a … Read more
